How I make it work: Eugenie Harvey, company director

Harvey is the co-founder of the charity We Are What We Do and collaborated with Anya Hindmarch on the I’m Not a Plastic Bag project

Eugenie Harvey, photographed at her offices in London (Rick Morris Pushinsky)
Eugenie Harvey, 41, is the director of 10:10, a campaign to reduce carbon
emissions by 10% in 2010. She is also a co-founder of the charity We Are
What We Do, and collaborated with Anya Hindmarch on the I’m Not a Plastic
Bag project. She lives in Old Harlow, Essex, with her husband, Andy
Thornton, and his eight-year-old daughter, Cara. She is expecting their
first child.

Do you advocate quitting your job to follow your dreams?
I quit my job in financial PR to work in the charity sector. If you are
unhappy, shaking things up doesn’t feel like a big risk. When I talk to
companies, employees like hearing about risks that have paid off — most
people have something they wish they were brave enough to do. One ad agency
that I’d spoken at told me two people resigned after my talk. But there’s a
lot of hardship. Dreams